Memoirs of the life and death of Mrs. Alice Thornton : daughter of the Right Honourable Sir Crisr. Wandesford, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of our blessed King Charles I / collected from Mrs. Thornton's manuscripts and other authentic documents by her g[reat-]g[reat] grandson, Thomas Comber,

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Memoirs of the life and death of Mrs. Alice Thornton : daughter of the Right Honourable Sir Crisr. Wandesford, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of our blessed King Charles I / collected from Mrs. Thornton's manuscripts and other authentic documents by her g[reat-]g[reat] grandson, Thomas Comber, A. B., vicar of Creech-St. Michael, Somersetshire, and editor of the Memoirs of Thomas Comber, D. D., Dean of Durham, [18--]-1832.

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Biography of Alice Thornton, manuscript, including transcribed extracts from her papers, n.d. On a preliminary page is an "extract of a letter from William Danby of Swinton, Yorkshire, May 31, 1815," manuscript, containing genealogical data. Bound with "A Brief Sketch of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir Chrisr. Wandesforde, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and of His Descendants, as Far as Can Be Collected, to the Present Times," manuscript, 1832.

1 v. (ca. 185 p.) ; 17 cm.

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Wandesford family.

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Thornton, Alice Wandesford, 1627-1707.

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Alice Thornton (1626/7-1707) was the fifth child of Christopher Wandesford and Alice Osborne, both from prominent Yorkshire families. Her father was Lord Deputy of Ireland at the time of his death in 1640, after which her mother moved the family back to England. In 1651 Alice Wandesford married William Thornton, with whom she spent a financially straitened life. She bore nine children between 1652-1667, only three of whom survived to adulthood. From the description of Alice Wandesfor...

Comber, Thomas, 1765-1835

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Clergyman of Buckworth, Huntingdonshire, England. From the description of [Commonplace book] [manuscript]. [1770-1828] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225789515 Thomas Comber (1765-1835) was a son of Thomas Comber (d. 1778). From the description of Memoirs of the life and death of Mrs. Alice Thornton : daughter of the Right Honourable Sir Crisr. Wandesford, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of our blessed King Charles I / collected from Mrs. Thornton...

Wandesford, Christopher, Viscount Castlecomer, 1592-1640

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Epithet: MP, for Thirsk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000067 ...

Danby family.

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